American Subject Courses

*An asterisk denotes course approval contingent upon the special topic. Contact the American Studies Department Chair for approval as an American Studies subject course.

Anthropology

• AN-205, Mesoamerican Archaeology
• AN-251C*, Themes in Anthropology
• AN-322R, Sports in the Americas

Arts Administration

• AA-201, Foundations of Arts Administration

Art History

• AH-203, Native American Art
• AH-217, American Art
• AH-375*, Seminar

Economics

• EC-321, Labor Economics
• EC-344, Public Finance
• EC-351, Gender in the Economy

Education

• ED 216, Schooling the Masses from Colonial Times to Present
• ED 217, Multicultural Education
• ED 231, Children’s Literature

English

• EN-223, Women and Literature
• EN-226, Introduction to American Literature
• EN-227, Introduction to African-American Literature
• EN-229*, Special Studies: Texts in Context EN-363*, Special Studies in Literary History

History

• HI-222P, Corporate America
• HI-223, U.S. Foreign Policy, 1790 to the Present
• HI-251*, Topics in History
• HI-261, African-American History
• HI-266, American Environmental History
• HI-267, American Indian History
• HI-322, American Radicalism
• PLHI-322, The History and Political Thought of the American Revolution
• HI-324, Civil War and Reconstruction
• HI-328, Depression and War
• HI-329, U.S. Since 1945
• HI-351*, Topics in History
• HI-375*, Colloquium in History

Music

• MU-205*, Special Studies in Music Literature
• MU-304, American Music
• MU-306, History of Jazz in America

Philosophy

• PH-327*, Great Philosophers
• PH-308, American Philosophy
• PH-330*, Advanced Topics in Philosophy

Political Science

• PL-211, Courts, Politics, and Judicial Process in the United States
• PL-213, Comparative Constitutional Systems
• PL-222, State and Local Government
• PL-224, Campaigns and Elections
• PL-225, Politics and News Media
• PL-228, United States Foreign Policy in a Changing World
• PL-236, American Political Thought
• PL-251C*, Topics in Political Science: American Politics
• PL-251C: Demagogues and Democracy
• PL-252, The Psychology of Politics
• PL-314, Civil Liberties
• PLHI-322, The History and Political Thought of the American Revolution
• PL-333, American Political Research
• PL-334, The United States Presidency
• PL-351*, Topics in Political Thought
• PL-362, Politics of the Congress
• PL-367, Topics in American Politics

Psychology

• PS-331, Psychology of Women

Religion

• RE-205, Women, Religion, and Spirituality
• RE-208, Native American Religions
• RE-230*, Topics in Religion
• RE-303, Religion in Contemporary American Society
• RE-330D*, Religion, Sex, Citizenship in the U.S.

Social Work

• SW-212, Social Work Values and Populations at Risk
• SW-214, Death and Dying
• SW-217, Obsessions and Addictions
• SW-224*, Special Studies in Social Work
• SW-225, Social Work with Children and Adolescents
• SW-338, Social Policy and Social Justice

Sociology

• SO-202, The Individual in Society
• SO-208, Social Inequality
• SO-212, Sociology of Work and Occupations
• SO-213, Crime and Victimization
• SO-217, Families in the United States
• SO-219, Race and Power
• SO-220, Sociology of Cities and Towns
• SO-221, Media Sociology
• SO-225, Quantifying Women
• SO-251A-D*, Special Topics in Sociology
• SO-305, Sociology of Folklore
• SO-306, Sociology of Religion
• SO-312, Modern Organizations
• SO-314, Deviance and Social Control
• SO-316, Women in Modern Society
• SO-321, American Social Changes
• SO-324, Classical Sociological Theory
• SO-328, Social Movements and Collective Action
• SO-329, Criminal Justice
• SO-351A-D*, Advanced Special Topics in Sociology
• SO-361, Racial Identities: Theory and Praxis

Theater

• TH-338, Black Theatre
• TH-339, Community-Based Theater
• TH-341, History of American Theater